[ale] setting up WP sandbox on Ubuntu...

[Chris Farris]

You don't need sudo

Did you set a mysql password when it first started?

type:
ps -ax | grep mysql

is mysql running? Also, if you installed mysql before, your old tables 
might still be on the system. Try your old mysql root passwd (different 
from the Linux root).

mysql -uroot -pfubar mysql

the first mysql is the command. -u specifies the database user, -p 
specifies the password. Note: do not put a space between -p and the 
password. The final mysql is the administrative DB, which has the user 
and DB tables.

My recommendation: install phpmyadmin. Its a lot easier than the mysql 
CLI tool (and I'm a CLI bigot).

WTH is XAMPP?

Wordpress Rocks! Its been my project this weekend (see sig).
Chris

Step wrote:
> So I'm learning the hard way here.  I'm trying to get WordPress up and 
> running, but so far I can't even get to where I've got mysql running 
> properly so I can create a database to hold WP.  The irony is that I at 
> one point did have mysql working properly, but later removed it in a 
> mis-guided attempt to "start over" using the "easier" XAMPP install. 
> 
> Right now when I try "sudo mysql -u root -p" (I only know what half of 
> that means), I get "sudo: mysql: command not found".  How do I go about 
> troubleshooting that?  I(t's sad, but I don't even know where to start 
> now - I'm afraid too much googling has left me very confused......)
> 
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